view gallery |  Space Needle - Satellite Oddity - Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA.
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The Gatlinburg Space Needle is a 407 feet tall, observation tower featured on Virtual Globetrotting. The tower overlooks beautiful Gatlinburg and the surrounding Smoky Mountains. Located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. posted by: veritas vita location: Tennessee date approved: 4/24/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Hampton Court Palace - London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in south west London next to the River Thames. This year, 2015, the palace has its 500th anniversary. The main entrance to the palace is from the west. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/23/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel - Satellite Oddity - Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
in Satellite Imagery Oddities Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel, A converted vintage railway terminal. Now one of the great Historic Hotels of America, & featured on Virtual Globetrotting. Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. posted by: veritas vita location: Tennessee date approved: 4/18/2015 last visited: 6/11/2012 |
view gallery |  St James Garlickhythe - Garlick Hill, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The church of St James Garlickhythe, rebuilt by Wren after the Great Fire, is located on the east side of Garlick Hill with Upper Thames Street and Skinners Lane forming the south and north boundaries respectively. The church opened in 1682. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/14/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  John Snow Replica Pump - Broadwick Street, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities This replica pump is located at the junction of Broadwick Street and Poland Street. It was erected to the memory of Dr John Snow who, against other theories, tracked down the source of a cholera outbreak to a water pump located nearby. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/14/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Horse Guards Parade - London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities Horse Guards Parade is a military parade ground that is accessible by the public and is home to the Trooping of the Colour each year. It is located between St James's Park to the west and Whitehall to the east. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/14/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  College of Arms - Queen Victoria Street, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The College of Arms is on the north side of Queen Victoria Street, a short walk directly south from St Paul's Cathedral. The College of Arms was founded in 1484. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/13/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Charlton House - The Village, Charlton, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The house was built between 1607 and 1612 by Sir Adam Newton and is one of the finest examples of Jacobean domestic architecture in the country. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/13/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  General Charles James Napier Statue - Trafalgar Square, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities This staue of General Charles James Napier is located on one of the "four" plinths in Trafalgar Square. The statue is on the plinth in the south west corner. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/13/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  King Charles I Statue - Charing Cross, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities This statue of King Charles I, mounted on a horse, is at the centre of the Charing Cross roundabout to the south of Trafalgar Square. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/13/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  One of the "Seven Noses of Soho" - Meard Street, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities This nose is attached to a building on the south east side of Meard Street at the junction with Dean Street. It is one of the "Seven Noses of Soho" that, if all found, will cause great wealth to come the finders way! posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/13/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Marquee Club - Wardour Street, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The Marquee Club occupied several locations in London but the best known, from 1964 to 1988, was in Wardour Street. On the north east side of Wardour Street, the location is now a restaurant and apartments. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/13/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Keith Moon Blue Plaque - Wardour Street, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities This City of Westminster blue plaque, to Keith Moon, is attacked to a building on the north east side of Wardour street that used to house the legendary Marquee Club from 1964 to 1988. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/13/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Charing Cross Railway Station - Strand, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities Probably the most central railway terminus in London and the end of the line for trains crossing the Thames from the south over Hungerford Bridge. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/13/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Barking Barrier - River Road, Barking, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The Barking Barrier is part of the tidal defences for London. It stands at the mouth of the River Roding, where it meets the River Thames, in an area known as Barking Creek. The gate descends to close off the flow of water. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/13/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Catoosa Water Tower - Route 66 - Oklahoma, USA.
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The blue mono pod water tower, has the Catoosa Indians Logo painted on the water tank & a Route 66 shield on the pedestal. The tower is Located alongside the Mother Road, & featured on the Virtual Globetrotter Website, in Rogers County, Oklahoma. posted by: veritas vita location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/6/2015 last visited: 4/7/2014 |
view gallery |  Horizontal Sundial on Halde Hoheward, Herten, Germany
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The horizontal sundial on Halde Hoheward with its obelisk as a shadow caster is modelled after the sundial of the emperor Augustus on the Marsfield in Rome. posted by: g300td location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany date approved: 4/6/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Gas Bell (Der Ball) - Gelsenkirchen, Germany
in Satellite Imagery Oddities This gasometer has got the painting by Rolf Glasmeier. Dieser Gasometer erhielt seinen Anstrich von Rolf Glasmeier. posted by: g300td location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany date approved: 4/6/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Canary Wharf Underground Station - Jubilee Plaza, Isle of Dogs, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities Canary Wharf underground station serves the Jubilee Line that extends from Stratford in the east to Stanmore in the west. The station has many entrances with the given co-ordinates being for one of them. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/6/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Centre Point - New Oxford Street, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities One of London's most famous, if not most-loved, buildings, Centre Point stands in the centre of the West End, looking over the busy Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road junction. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/6/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  St Mary & All Saints - Chesterfield, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The church of St Mary & All Saints is known as "the church with the crooked spire" and the reason is plain for all to see when visiting the church. posted by: Master Mariner location: Eastern England, United Kingdom date approved: 4/5/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The Riverside Stadium, that opened in 1995, is the home of Middlesbrough Football Club who, at the time of writing (April 2015, are a Championship team but are looking good for promotion to the Premiership. posted by: Master Mariner location: North East England, United Kingdom date approved: 4/5/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  One Canada Square - Canary Wharf, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities One Canada Square the tower that made the Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf famous and a success. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/4/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Burgh House - New End Square, London, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities Burgh House and Hampstead Museum are entered through gates on the north east side of New End Square in Hampstead. Burgh House is Grade I listed and dates from 1704. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/3/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Tees Transporter Bridge - Middlesbrough, UK
in Satellite Imagery Oddities A transporter bridge across the River Tees for cars and foot passengers. posted by: Master Mariner location: North East England, United Kingdom date approved: 4/3/2015 last visited: never |
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